The two layers of rune protection arrays enveloping the room began to slightly tremble, the translucent energy shield appearing like a calm water surface violently struck by a sudden downpour, stirring up numerous large and small ripples.
Merely a few wisps of aura emitted in the "half-demonized" state were almost too much for these second-tier rune protection arrays to handle.
Ronan did not delay; after entering the "half-demonized" state, he swiftly slit the flesh of his wrist, his unusually deep red blood flowing quickly, dripping drop by drop onto the Holy Blood Tree Seedling in front of him, onto its roots...
Half a minute later, all movement in the room quieted down.
Back to normal state, Ronan sat on the room floor, his white hair and magic robe sprawling around him, silently chugging down a healing potion while observing the Holy Blood Tree Seedling in front of him, now looking more robust and refreshed by the rain.
The Holy Blood Tree Seedling seemed to have grown a few inches taller than before, and the third branch had already begun sprouting the eighth leaf, continually imparting a strong sense of closeness to Ronan.
Ronan’s face showed satisfaction and relief.
His efforts in watering had not been wasted.
The idea to water the Holy Blood Tree Seeds after entering the "half-demonized" state was something he had thought of not long ago.
In the "Ancient Giant Demon Form," the blood flowing in Ronan’s body contained much more vitality than in normal state, and watering the Holy Blood Tree Seedling with it yielded results many times better.
Of course, the vitality expenditure was also much greater, but it could be replenished through healing potions, which Ronan still considered very worthwhile.
Watering in a fully demonized state could probably yield even better results, but that was unnecessary; the cost to Ronan was too great.
Following the routine watering, Ronan moved the Holy Blood Tree Seedling to the side and then took out a piece of translucent gel about half the size of a fist from the space ring—obtained from a seventh magic ring Tower Wizard; essence of Mind Control Monster brain fluid.
The Magic Nightmare Tungsten Steel transformed into the shape of a small knife, gently scraped off some nearly invisible white powder from the gel.
He then poured these powder into a pre-prepared potion of magic potion, mixed into a metal dish, and gently ignited with a magic flame...
Instantly, a very dense white smoke emerged, quickly hovering over Ronan’s head, blocked by the rune formation’s light shield, remaining stationary without dispersing, only trailing thin strands of smoke that moved into Ronan’s mouth, nose, and ears...
As the smoke entered the body and was absorbed by the brain, Ronan immediately felt waves of "awakening" like a rising tide, piling up continuously, and his thoughts became more active, with any slight sense of fatigue disappearing cleanly in the blink of an eye.
"The effects are even better than anticipated... Not sure about the growth of spiritual power, but the auxiliary effect on meditation is indeed significant..."
Ronan evaluated the effects of the Mind Control Monster brain fluid essence, quite satisfied with its efficacy.
He had read in one of his tower’s wizard books that, although the Mind Control Monsters were classified among magic beasts, they actually belonged to a special race much earlier.
Similar to elves, dwarves, barbarians.
They excel in illusion magic and mind system spells, each one a genius wizard in these domains.
However, due to the miraculous effect of their brain fluid’s essence on enhancing the wizard’s spiritual power, and the stronger the Mind Control Monster, the better the fluid’s efficacy.
So, this species was massively hunted by wizards, nearly driven to extinction, and after extinction, were simply classified as non-human magic beasts...
In fact, many things in the Wizard World are far more brutal than what normal people can imagine.
Ronan felt slightly emotional, but soon gathered his mind, quickly setting up a tiny meditation array around himself before the efficacy of the Mind Control Monster brain fluid essence subsided.
This array was consistent with those in the silver-white tower, and the ten Meditation Towers, though not as powerful, still significantly better than normal wizard meditation.
Ronan was now "rich in magic power," not sparing any expense on magic stones, naturally maxing out all conditions for his practice.
In fact, Ronan had now reached a bottleneck, his spiritual power in the late Level 1 stage being complete; no amount of meditation could further promote the growth of spiritual power.
But he was currently on the ship, and meditation was the only practice he could engage in.
Moreover, advancing from a Level 1 Wizard to a Level 2 Wizard requires high purity of spiritual power, and meditation serves to purify the spiritual power, potentially increasing the success rate of advancement a bit.
Not only that, but Ronan’s Master Level Proficiency in [Basic Meditation Technique - Clear Sky Realm] was already nearing five hundred points.
According to his original estimation, five hundred points in Master Level Proficiency was a threshold; crossing it, one’s magic in the Extraordinary Magic Realm could enter a Level 1 Law Domain Resonance.
Reaching this proficiency level in [Clear Sky Realm] could perhaps also trigger a substantial transformation.
Closing his eyes, immersing his mind, Ronan quickly entered a state of meditation.
The magic ship heading to White Stone Castle was set to fly for twenty days, and he did not want to waste these twenty days in vain.
In the following days, Ronan’s daily routine was calm and regular.
He spent almost all his time in meditation, occasionally stopping to rest, nourishing the Holy Blood Tree Seedling with fresh blood, studying a few rune inheritances from the Mirror Court, and eating simply...
In this state, the Master Level Proficiency of [Basic Meditation Technique] steadily increased, getting ever closer to Ronan’s goal of five hundred points.